n. [ Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb. Cf. Ripier. ] A wicker fish basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ripped p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping. ] [ Cf. AS. r&ymacr_;pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax. ] 1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises. Knight. --
Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook. --
Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw. --
To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [ Colloq. ] See To rap out, under Rap, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate. ] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. riparius, fr. ripa a bank. See River, and cf. Arrive. ] Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. riparius. ] Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. (Aeronautics) A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a cord which, when pulled, opens a parachute. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. ripa. ] The bank of a river. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Riper superl. Ripest. ] [ AS. rīpe; akin to OS. rīpi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. rīft; cf. AS. rīp harvest, rīpan to reap. Cf. Reap. ] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. “Ripe courage.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

While things were just ripe for a war. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Intoxicated. [ Obs. ] “Reeling ripe.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mature; complete; finished. See Mature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. rīpian. ] To ripen; to grow ripe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mature; to ripen. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]